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,,,&,,,,,, ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ,,&&,,&,,,
,,&&,,,,,& LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ,&,&,&&,,,
,&,&,,,,&& OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE &&&&&,&,,,
&&&&,,,&,& ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ,,,,&&&,,,
,,,&,,&&&& BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ,,,&,,&,,&
,,&&,&,,,, SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ,,&&,&&,&&
,&,&&&,,,, INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ,&,&&,&&,&
&&&,,&,,,& ANTENNA ARRAYS &&&,&&,&&&
,,&,&&,,&& WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ,,&&,&&,,,
,&&&,&,&,, DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ,&,&&,&,,,
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&,&,,,,&&, WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE ,,&&,,&,,&
&&&,,,&,&& SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS ,&,&,&&,&,
,,&,,&&&,, PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR &&&&&,&&&&
,&&,&,,&,, GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ,,,,&&,,,&
&,&&&,&&,, AND ~OUR~ LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ,,,&,&,,&&
&&,,&&,&,, GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ,,&&&&,&,,
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&&&&&,,&&& AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT &&,,&,,&&&
,,,,&,&,,, VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ,&,&&,&,,,
,,,&&&&,,& CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND &&&,&&&,,,
,,&,,,&,&, THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ,,&&,,&,,,
,&&,,&&&&& AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ,&,&,&&,,,
&,&,&,,,,& AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES &&&&&,&,,,
&&&&&,,,&, HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ,,,,&&&,,&
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,,,&&,&,,& AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ,,&&,&&&&,
,,&,&&&,&, (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ,&,&&,,,&,
,&&&,,&&&& RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE &&&,&,,&&,
&,,&,&,,,& AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ,,&&&,&,&,
&,&&&&,,&, MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ,&,,&&&&&&
&&,,,&,&&, DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE &&,&,,,,,,
,&,,&&&,&, COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ,&&&,,,,,&
&&,&,,&&&& FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS &,,&,,,,&&
,&&&,&,,,, BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY &,&&,,,&,,
&,,&&&,,,, DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, &&,&,,&&,,
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&,&&,,&&,, MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ,,&,,&,,&,
&&,&,&,&,& THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ,&&,&&,&&&
,&&&&&&&&, A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE &,&&,&&,,,
&,,,,,,,&, PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO &&,&&,&,,,
&,,,,,,&&, DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ,&&,&&&,,&
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,,,,,,,,,& IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY &&&&&,&,,,
,,,,,,,,&& SHOWS) ,,,,&&&,,,
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,,&&,,,,,& I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ,&,&,&&,,,
,&,&,,,,&& THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS &&&&&,&,,,
&&&&,,,&,& FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ,,,,&&&,,,
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